Line-winding attachment for reels.



G. F. GAPELL. LINE WINDING ATTACHMENT FOR REELS.

, I APPLICATION FILED 00T.1s,1910. 1,043,397. A

. Patented N03}. 5, 1912.

dime/W50 UZz-rZZ j (7% 7 army CARL F. CAPELL, OF LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA.

LINE-WINDING ATTACHMENT FOR REELS Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

Application flIed-Dctober-IS, 1910. Serial No. 586,821.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL F. CAPELL. a citizen of the United States,residim in the city of Los Angeles, county of Los Kngeles, State ofCalifra'nia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Line-lVind ingAttachments for Reels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an attachment to be secured upon a fishing pole,whereby the vation of the reel with a portion of the case of the windingattachment removed for clearness of illustration. Fi 3 is an enlargedtop plan of the line winding attachment in place on a fragment of, thepole with the top plate and operating sheave removed for clearness ofillustration.

In the drawings 5 is a fishing pole of any approved form upon which areel 6 of any approved construction is secured. in the usual manner.

' 7 is the fishing line which is secured upon the reel and passesthrough guide eyes on the fishing pole one of which, 8, is shown inFig. 1. 7

Intermediate the rear guide eye and the.

reel and removably secured upon the pole is my improved line windingattachment. This attachment consists of a casing 9 to the bottom ofwhich is secured spring clamp 10 which partially surrounds the fishingpole and holds the casing removably secured thereon. In the casing isrevolubly mounted the sheave shaft 11 to which is rigidly secured pinion12, which meshes with gear 13 rigidly secured upon gear shaft 14 whichis revolubly mounted in the bottom plate of the casing. Gear shaft 14:also carries a pinion 15 rigidly secured thereto which-meshes with gear16 loosely mounted upon the sheave shaft. Gear 16 has secured thereto apinion 17 which also is loosely mounted on the sheave shaft. Pinion 17meshes with gear 18 which is loosely mountedon gear shaft 14. Gear 18carries stud 19 which projects into 'cam slot 20 of the line winding arm21. The line winding arm is loosely mounted on the sheave shaft andprojects through a slot 22 in the end of the case toward the reel.Springs 23 and 24 are secured in the case and bear against the edge ofthe line winding'arm so as to normally hold the same central with thepole when the fishing line is not taut. In the outer end of the linewinding arm are a number of threaded holes 25, in one of which isscrewed the line hook 26. These holes are spaced apart so as to adjustthe line hook to different positions on the arm for use with reels ofdlfi'erent sizes. On the top of the sheave shaft is the sheave 27 aroundwhich one or two turns of the line'is taken when fishing.

The operation of my attachment is as'follows: After being positioned asshown in the drawings on the fishing pole, the operator will cast hisline in the usual manner. He then places the line 7 in the line hook 26and makes one or two turns 1 of the line around sheave 27 Thereafterwhen the line is paid out or reeled in, the movementof the line rotatesthe sheave, which in turn operates the pinions and gears, whichconstitute a train of wheels, and thereby causes the line arm' tooscillate backward and forward as the line is wound in on the reel, orpaid out from the reel. The oscillation of the line arm as the line isbeing wound upon the reel caulses the line to be evenly wound upon therec By'the use of my device the fisherman is not required to pay anyattention to the winding of the line upon the reel, as the oscillationof the line arm automatically causes the line to be evenly wound uponthe reel, thus enabling him to pay his sole attention to manipulatingthe reel so as to land. the fish. After the line is wound in, if hedesires to make a new cast he simply loosens the line from the sheave,makes lllS cast, and then winds the line again on the sheave when he isready to reel the line in evenly when desired. Itwill be observed thatmy attachment in no way interferes with the ordinary operation of thereel, and that 'it saves the fisherman from paying any attention to themanner in which the line is being wound on the reel when reeling. in.

I have illustrated and described a train of Wheels which I have found inpractice to operate successfully with the fishing reels in the market.By having a different number having a cam slot therein;

ofdifi'erent gears and pinions, the line arm can be given a faster orslower oscillation. I have enlarged the inner end of the cam slot in theline arm so as to give the arm substantially -.an even motion, and havetherefore made the slot almost circular as to the inner half thereof. Byplacing the sheave eccentric to the central line of the pole, thesprings at the side of the line arm may be omitted.

Having described my invention what I claim is 1. A line windingattachment comprising a train of wheels; a sheave one of the shafts ofsaid train of wheels; a line winding arm loosely and revolubly mountedupon the sheave shaft, said arm a stud mounted in one of said train ofwheels and projecting mounted upon into said cam slot; and means tosecure a H line to the outer end of said arm.

2. .A line winding attachment for reels comprising an oscillating linedirecting arm; means to detacha'bly secure the same upon a fishing pole;a line wound on a reel; means to dctachably secure said line to the saidarm; a sheave around which the line is Wound one or more turns whenpositioned for use; and means operable by the rotation of the sheave tooscillate said arm.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my namethis 4th day of October, 1910.

CARL F. OAPELL.

